The NFL Pro Bowl may be a sign that all-star games are somewhat pointless in most peoples’ eyes, but it offers us an underrated specialty: the best players from this year playing with others of similar skill sets to see which compiled team of players is the best combination.

Traditionally, pasta has been on Mondays, Mexican food on Tuesday, and some variation of junk food on Friday. Either way, Wednesday has traditionally been a dumping ground for a latest Bon Appetit experiment, not for a gourmet meal.

Corbet Clark, the interim Head of Upper School, has around eight meetings a day — some lasting up to two hours long — meaning that he attends about 80 hours of meetings a week. While they are useful meetings (“A lot of work gets done,” he says), Corbet is ready to go back to teaching.

OES’ newest affinity group, the Conservative Affinity Group, has been created as a safe and open space for people who identify as politically conservative to discuss our society from the viewpoint of a Conservative American. Mike Gwaltney, OES’ History Department Chair, is the faculty sponsor for the Conservative Affinity Group. Student leader Ashley S. ‘18 will be announcing the new group in Gathering soon, and will facilitate the first meetings.